In the case of the Xindi-Insectoids, incubation pods were small chambers in the walls of a hatchery, aboard a Xindi-Insectoid starship. Each pod contained several eggs and was illuminated with a white light that began to pulsate when the eggs were ready to hatch. (ENT: "Hatchery")

These areas are not referred to on screen as "incubation pods"; they were called that in the final draft script of "Hatchery", where they were also characterized as "incubation chambers".